susannaelliott's Saved Poems

These perfectly elongated teardrops
Are living cellular sculptures.
Their bladelike edges slice the air,
As they gently fall to earth.

Their spear tips – razor sharp, drop like feathers,
But their soft, delicate bodies
Soon harden and crack...

We interact with space in peculiar ways.
We run, dance and do somersaults when we play.
We can’t see the barriers
that divide our world,
but that’s not to say they’re not there.

The barrier of time is of our own making.
We place stress and...

The insects cluster casually
adorned in their honeyed capsules
that glisten in the morning sun
like sparkling golden jewels.

These creatures slumber peacefully
in the crevices of the pines,
with their ancient kauri residue
and microscopic...

When love speaks, her words are an orchestra

of harmonious sounds that resonate

rich and mellifluous in andante

mood.

 
When that love is lost, all that remains is

a sinew thin residue of moonshine

so fine, its threads stravaig -...

Darkness grows in my doorway,
letting tears intrude
where music should reside.
I’m hungry for the sound of wind.
I listen so keen
for willow’s soft whispers,
but my mind finds only silence.
Time rests on my wrists
wrenching me prisoner.
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